Friday, June 25, 2010

Loving Lychee

The parents of two of our dorm students brought us a parting gift on Thursday when they picked their kids up -- a HUGE box of ripe lychee. (I don't know if they realized, we'd be leaving China ourselves 36 hours later) Even though our kids have told us how good it is, I had yet to try eating lychee. I didn't even know how to go about eating it and had to have our student show me how. Basically, you just peel off the outer skin and pop the whole thing in your mouth and enjoy one of the juiciest, sweetest fruits I have ever tasted! Just mind the small pit in the middle ;-)

I'm eating as many as I can before we head to the airport in three hours!

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How we got here ... with a couple babies!

We first met on July 7, 2006. We'd both quit our jobs and gotten rid of nearly all our possessions. We had joined the Peace Corps and were heading to the Kingdom of Tonga in the South Pacific. We thought we were prepared for whatever lay ahead ... neither of us had a clue.

Just over 10 months after we first met, we were MARRIED!Since then our adventures have included:

- a year in New York City, living in a Harlem brownstone apartment- going off-the-grid & into a tent-cabin on tiny Angaur island in Palau- living with a bunch of teenagers in Shanghai, China while working as dormitory parents

- off-the-grid again & into a barn on 400 forested acres in Vermont

- at the base of volcanos in beautiful Panajachel, Guatemala

And now ... on the hunt for a new career, we find ourselves in IDAHO!

We love to experience this great big world and hope you will join us for the journey!